VOL. XXXV

NO. 3

21-OCTOBER-1991

Jordan

Jordanian and Indian Firms to Set-up $100mn Phosphoric Acid Plant

The Jordan Phosphates Mines Company (JPMC) and the Southern IndiaPetrochemical Company (SIPCO) signed on 12 October a joint-venture agreement forthe setting up in Jordan of a $100mn phosphoric acid plant with a capacity of200,000 tons/year. The new plant will be constructed in the free-zone area ofShidiyah in the southern part of Jordan (where huge phosphate deposits arelocated) to allow the...